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LOT 1851
Post Medieval Lead Musket Ball and Pistol Shot Collection
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (600 grams total, 9-18 mm).
Mixed group including a leader powder-measure. [28, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired since the 1970s.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1851
Post Medieval Lead Musket Ball and Pistol Shot Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Pre-Columbian Style Pottery Figure
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Hollow-formed grotesque figure with hatched an pointillé panels to the surface. 896 grams, 16.5 cm
Acquired between the 1960s-early 1990s. From an old UK private collector from Worthing, West Sussex, UK. Property of K.P., a Cornish lady collector, UK. -
Silver Reliquary Pendant
17th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £514
Presenting a scalloped frame and bifacial black enamelled detailing: one side with the Crucifixion scene, niello 'IC XC' in the field, two saints at the foot of the cross, scrolling borders; the reverse with 'IC XC / NI KA' over two lines with cross between; articulate and facetted loop. 30.9 grams, 51 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
A small reliquary pendant, possibly containing the remains of cloth or bone of a saint. The relics had to be kept in containers that expressed the dignity of their contents: chests, cases and, of course, reliquaries. This also applied to personal relics, often in the form of pendants, which were sometimes made in gold and silver. -
Framed Watercolour Painting
India, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A courtyard scene composed of a couple embracing, the woman reluctant to accept the contents of the cup the man is offering her, landscape of hills and water beyond; text above and below, gold-coloured borders framing the whole; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 598 grams, 30.3 x 22 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
